God of NBA point guards

Chapter 520 Back Flying
On February 2, the SuperSonics lost to the Spurs in an away game. They had one win and two losses in the regular season, and were slightly at a disadvantage.

On the 9th, they defeated the Mavericks in back-to-back away games, and the SuperSonics completed their pre-All-Star schedule. 41 wins and 10 losses, ranking first in the league.

The Lakers also lost to the Spurs later, with 37 wins and 11 losses, 2.5 games behind the SuperSonics after playing three games less.

Before the season, most media ranked the SuperSonics as a championship-level team because of Zhou Quan's strength. However, the team's lineup is not good and there are too many basic-salary players, so they are not very optimistic about the SuperSonics.

But by the All-Star Weekend, the Sonics actually had the league's best record, which made the media who were not optimistic about the Sonics drop their jaws.

These media analyzed the reasons why the Sonics had the league's best record. The most important one was Zhou Quan's performance after his return.

到现在为止，周权场均40.2分钟，33分4.5篮板13.1助攻5.3抢断2.2盖帽2.1失误2.3犯规，投篮命中率50.8%，三分命中率39.6%，罚球命中率91.5%。

In terms of scoring, assists, and steals, he is basically scheduled to be the king of three statistics, and he ranks first in offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency, and personal efficiency among the league's main defenders.

"The King of Iron Fist returned to his peak form through the first and second months of games, but even his performance in the first month was worthy of being the No. 1 player in the NBA. He single-handedly carried a team composed of veterans, minimum-salary players, A team of rookies and undrafted players.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

"The SuperSonics picked up Ben Wallace. Ben Wallace, who is 206 centimeters tall (not sure), played an outstanding performance as a first-class defensive center in the main center position. His defense and rebounding were the best in the league for the SuperSonics. An important reason for the victory.” New York Times.

Thanks to his performance and the publicity of many media, Ben Wallace, who had not been wanted by any team before, has become somewhat famous.

……

Zeng Li was only a little over two months away from giving birth. Zhou Quan had considered returning to China to give birth, but he decided against it. He wasn't around, so he still felt uneasy.

As for the nationality of the child, he and Zeng Li both have Chinese nationality, and neither of them has a green card. Although they work and live in the United States, they are not settled in the United States, so the child automatically has Chinese nationality, and it is mandatory. The child can return to the country with a travel document.

Of course, if a child is born in the United States, according to the U.S. Constitution, he will automatically have U.S. citizenship. This requires the child to give up his U.S. citizenship after reaching adulthood.

Of course, there is no need to wait until adulthood. As long as the child can clearly demonstrate his or her sense of independence and clearly understand the impact of giving up the U.S. citizenship, he or she can apply for renunciation in advance at any U.S. embassy abroad.

On the 10th, he stayed with Zeng Li at home for a day, and the next day, on Friday, he flew to San Francisco accompanied by Philip.

After arriving in San Francisco, the two drove to Oakland.

This year's All-Star Game will be held at the Warriors' home court. This bad team has not made the playoffs in five years. This season's record is 12 wins and 35 losses, with a winning rate of only 25.5%. It is second to last in the Western Conference, only better than the Big Bad team. The Clippers have half a game more wins.

I remember that this team was still a competitor of Zhou Quan back then. Unfortunately, after changing owners, they changed to a general manager every year, and then they completely failed.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Quan arrived at the hotel and was surrounded by the media for half an hour outside the gate before entering the hotel under the protection of security personnel.

Jordan retired, and Zhou Quan had no rival in the All-Stars. He was the only one in the family. After he arrived, most of the All-Stars came to his room to say hello, even Karl Malone and Stockton came over. .

Only two All-Stars did not show up, and that was Gary Payton, who had a lot of opinions about him, and his childhood friend Jason Kidd. The two hid in Payton's room and did not come out.

Zhou Quan packed his luggage and took a group of all-stars to dinner.

"Guys, has anyone made any arrangements for tonight's activities?" he asked casually as he was going out.

David Robinson said: "I just said I wanted to play indoor golf. Do you want to play Iron Fist?"

"Okay, I'll give you a set of Callaway's top clubs, and the winner will take it." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

He endorsed the Callaway golf brand the year before last, earning US$500 million a year. He used the All-Stars to take advantage of the opportunity to promote it. This is his responsibility as a spokesperson. Anyway, this set of clubs does not require any money from him.

"Oh, a set of Callaway's top clubs is worth more than 1 US dollars. I want to try it." Ray Allen looked eager to try.

"Count me in," Grant Hill said with a smile.

Everyone wanted to participate, and a bunch of people crowded in front of the elevator door, making it very lively.

Later, Kidd stood at the entrance of the room and looked at everyone. He turned back to Payton and said, "Gary, forget it, shall we go too?"

"No." Payton tilted his head.

"Why bother? After so many years, it's just a deal. You can hate the Sonics management, but why do you hate the Iron Fist King?" Kidd said helplessly.

Payton pouted, I haven't spoken to him for so many years, and now I reconcile with him, won't people laugh to death?There is only one way to get to the dark side.

"It's just the two of us, Gary, and we're isolating ourselves." Kidd said dejectedly.

"Damn it, you can go if you want. Why are you nagging me here?" Payton said unhappily.

Kidd couldn't help but scolded: "Idiots isolate themselves. Now the Iron Fist King is the trend of the league. Aren't you uncomfortable because of the deal that happened many years ago with him? I don't think the Iron Fist King even bothers to pay attention to you. Are you here?" There was no sense of existence in his eyes.”

"You idiot country bumpkin, you have no sense of existence." Gary Payton scolded directly.

"You are the country bumpkin. You are just one road closer to the city center than me. You are an idiot and a fool..."

Kidd immediately yelled back, and the two fell into the rhythm of scolding each other across the street when they were kids.

At this time, an elevator arrived, and Zhou Quan and others began to enter.

Kidd was a little anxious when he saw it. If he didn't keep up, he and Gary would really be isolated. Who would care about them?
He quickly stepped out of the room, waved and shouted: "Hey, guys, Michael, Alonzo, wait a minute, Gary and I will be right here. Damn it, Gary is shitting. He's constipated. He's been shitting for two hours." Already..."

"Ha ha……"

"Jason, why don't you call an ambulance for Gloves?"

"Don't you have gloves? Can you dig them out yourself?"

"vomit!"

"Damn it, stop talking nonsense, we're about to have dinner."

A bunch of all-stars burst into laughter.

"Damn Jason! You've only been pulling for two hours." Gary Payton's old face turned red.

"Then let's wait a moment, you go first." As Kidd's former teammate, an overjoyed Michael Finley said with a smile.

As Payton's teammate, Alonzo Mourning also nodded and said: "Iron Fist King, you go first, we will wait for Gary and Jason."

"See you in the restaurant." Zhou Quan smiled and nodded.

His attitude towards Payton and Kidd is that they don't matter, they are just two idiots, and their gloves are even more idiotic.

Payton and Kidd finally had dinner together. Payton was embarrassed to talk to Zhou Quan, so Kidd went over to say hello, and finally participated in the evening indoor golf event together.

Grant Hill, who plays golf well and often plays indoor golf, took a set of top-notch Callaway clubs provided by Zhou Quan.

On the 12th, All-Star Day, the league officials took photos first in the morning.

At this time in the past, Zhou Quan and Jordan were sitting in the middle, with two chairs surrounded by stars. This time, there was only one chair. Zhou Quan was sitting in the middle, playing with a basketball in his hand.

Behind him are David Robinson and O'Neal, two super centers.

On the left are Vince Carter and Iverson, who ranked second and fourth in All-Star votes. On the right are Mourning, who ranked second in All-Star votes, and Kobe, who is favored by the league.

Kobe got 100 million votes this time, and his popularity is not weak. "Crack, click, click..."

After the photographer took a series of fierce photos, he also took many single photos and group photos. Of course, Zhou Quan was the top priority.

Next, everyone signed the prepared 240 basketballs, ten for each person, which will be given to some children during the afternoon activity.

After lunch, the bus carrying the All-Stars arrived at a community elementary school in Oakland.

That night was the rookie game, dunk contest and other events. The Oakland Coliseum, which used to have a hard time reaching more than half of its attendance, was already full.

Vince Carter became the second most popular All-Star with his dunks, so the dunk contest was also his performance time, and fans were very interested.

A total of six people participated in the dunk contest. In addition to Carter, there were also his cousin Tracy McGrady, Steve Francis, Ricky Davis, Jerry Stackhouse, and Larry Hughes.

In the first round, each person has three chances. In the end, three people will advance to the finals and three will be eliminated.

In the second round, which is the final, each player has two chances, and the person with the highest score in the first round plays last.

The five scoring judges include Air Jordan, Dr. J, Julius Erving, Glider Drexler, Skywalker David Thompson, and Human Movie Essence Dominic Wilkins, all of whom are retired historical dunk masters.

In the end, Carter scored 100 points in the first round, McGrady scored 99 points, and Francis scored 95 points. The three of them advanced to the finals.

In the finals, the first player to appear was Francis, who had the lowest score in the first round, and finally scored 91 points.

But then McGrady came on the court, made mistakes and only scored 77 points.

In the end, Vince Carter came on the scene, scored 98 points, and won the dunk king.

When Carter dunked, O'Neal, who was shouting on the sidelines, seemed very excited. He even ran to Zhou Quan and shouted: "Iron Fist, Vince Carter's dunk is much better than yours."

Zhou Quan chuckled and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense? I'm a point guard and I'm not good at dunking."

Kobe also came over, sat directly on the floor in front of Zhou Quan, and asked: "Iron Fist King, why don't you participate in the dunk contest?"

"Why don't you participate?" Zhou Quan asked.

Kobe's little face suddenly darkened, and he said unhappily: "It's enough for me to participate once, but you have never participated once."

Zhou Quan laughed and said: "My talent is not as good as yours. I think when I debuted, I was the king of dunks and was ridiculed by the media."

"Pfft!"

"Ha ha!"

People around laughed.

"King of Iron Fist, give me a dunk." At this time, some fans shouted loudly from behind.

"King of Iron Fist, dunk one!"

"King of Iron Fist, dunk one!"

Led by this fan, all the fans in the stadium began to shout loudly.

"Iron Fist, dunk one!"

A group of Hollywood stars also stood up and applauded.

David Stern looked over with anticipation on his face and started to applaud.

Zhou Quan stood up helplessly. Fortunately, he was wearing sportswear and sneakers today, so just buckle one button.

"Oh hoo!"

Seeing him stand up, the fans immediately burst into loud cheers.

"Guess what moves the Iron Fist King will use?" Vince Carter said very excitedly.

"I guess it's a change of hands under the crotch? The King of Iron Fist often uses this move in competitions." Iverson said excitedly.

"What he uses most is the tomahawk chop on the street." O'Neal complained.

Kobe's face turned dark when he heard this. In 97, he relied on this action to win the dunk contest championship. Then the league stopped the dunk contest the following year.

"I guess it's a tomahawk chop that spins around in the air. The King of Iron Fist often uses this action. Unfortunately, I just failed." McGrady said with some regret.

While everyone was talking about what moves Zhou Quan was going to use, Zhou Quan, who was moving his body, came over and said to Vince Carter: "Vince, I'm not prepared. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Vince Carter suddenly became excited when he heard the Iron Fist King asking him for advice, and hurriedly said: "Oh, Iron Fist King, that, this..."

"Iron Fist, you can use the tomahawk chop. Kobe is good at this and he can teach you." O'Neal suggested.

Kobe's face instantly turned black, and he hit O'Neal's waist with his elbow. Unfortunately, O'Neal's waist was estimated to be two meters long, so there was no reaction.

Zhou Quan ignored O'Neal's suggestion and looked at Vince Carter. Carter thought for a while and said: "Michael Jordan's take-off dunk from the free throw line is very cool. He also has a sideways gliding dunk that he used in the game. I think it's also very cool." Cool, Iron Fist King, why don’t you try this?”

"Gliding sideways?" Zhou Quan was startled.

"Iron Fist, don't listen to this kid. You can't copy Jordan's moves. You have to be innovative." Reggie Miller said hurriedly.

"I know."

Zhou Quan nodded towards Miller, thought for a while and said, "Okay then, if he turns sideways, I will turn my back."

"Back the back?"

The stars were startled. Did they spin half a circle in the air and then dunk with their backs? This doesn't seem to be difficult?

"Back gliding dunk." Zhou Quan said.

"what?"

The stars were stunned.

The same goes for the surrounding media reporters, who don't know what this back-up gliding dunk is.

"It's great. Although I don't know what a back-up gliding dunk is, I thought it was awesome when I heard it."

"I'm going to give King of Iron Fist a 10."

"Are you flying with your back to the basket? Don't dunk!"

Through the NBC television cameras, the fans in the audience also heard Zhou Quan's words, looked forward to it, and started talking one after another.

(End of this chapter)